October 2008
20 posts
i’ve met and spoken to saul klein a few times and i am glad to see this presentation. this isn’t the sort of thing saul would rush out because of the climate, even back in the heady days he was “realistic”. If you haven’t got somethnig truly big a la skype then you need to make money.
greek shipping
on any random night when I am surfing the web I end up going from page to page to page and can literally spend hours learning about some niche within business, technology, sports, the arts, anything. today and tonight it’s the greek shipping industry. anyone else interested? here are some links….
historical background
some key players - niarchos and onassis
modern...
“All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.”
– Aristotle - (384 BC-322 BC)
“Business. Always business.”
– “The Greek” - The Wire
“If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.”
– Aristotle Onassis
WatchFrieze Art Fair - Post Mortem
What are small, incremental steps one can make to...
A brief break from my art coverage for the the carnival of journalism which is now back! and Will Sullivan is hosting. So we are all tasked with the question above.
There’s really only one point I want to make and that’s culture. cultural changes are unlikely to be considered “small” and “incremental” but I think you have to strike at the core if you want to...
Watchzoo art fair
the downturn is good for online advertising
there have been some suggestions that the coming recession (depression?) is very bad news for startups. i say its very bad news for bad startups. bad startups being those whose whole business model is based on flipping the company in a few short years. those who thought some sort of “advertising” would be enough to carry them through to the sweet exit, without even thinking about a...
Watchlove this guy….
steve ballmer interview →